八年级上学期英语阅读与书面表达强化训练（牛津译林版，含答案）.docxVIP

八年级上学期英语阅读与书面表达强化训练

一、阅读理解

Languagechangesallthetime.Newwordsandphrasesappearanddevelop.ThewordsandpronunciationsusedbyyoungpeopleintheUKcanbeverydifferenttothoseusedbyadults.Livinginamulticulturalsociety（多元文化的社会）hasaneffectonlanguage,especiallyonyoungpeople,whosefriendsareoftenfromdifferentcountries.TVandmusicalsohavebiginfluenceonthelanguageoftheyoung.OftenUKsingerssinginAmericanaccents（口音）withoutrealizing.

YoungBritishpeopleuselotsoflanguagethatyouusuallycantfindinmostdictionaries.Theseinformal（非正式的）wordsandexpressionsareknownasslang（俚语）.ItisnotpossibletomakeacompletelistofmodemBritishslang.Bythetimethelistwasfinished,itwouldbeoutofdate!Newwordscomeandgolikefashions.However,hereareafewexamples.

Safe,sorted,sound,coolorwickedallmeanThatsgoodorIunderstand.

Insteadofusingdifferenttagquestionslike…isntit?,cantyou?,ordontthey?peopleuseinnit.

Insteadofsayingvery,reallyorcompletely,peopleusewell.

WhatevermeansIdontcare.

HesfineorHesfitbothmeanHesgood-looking.Fineandfitcandescribeaboyoragirl.

Noteverybodyusesslangandnoteverybodylikesit.AschoolinSheffield,inthenorthofEngland,recentlystoppeditspupilsusingslangwordssuchashiya（hello）,cheersandta（bothmeanthankyou）.Theheadteachersaysthatifyoungpeoplelearntospeakcorrectly，thiswillhelpthemgetaplaceatuniversityandagoodjob.

WhenBritishpeopleuselanguagelikethis,itsnosurprisethatsomestudentssaytheycantunderstandnative（本土的）speakers.Butperhapslearnersdontneedtoworryaboutcommunicatingwithnativespeakerssomuch.ResearchshowsthatmostoftheEnglishspokenintheworldtodayisspokenbetweennon-nativespeakersofthelanguage.Infact,whenwethinkabout“InternationalEnglish”,thereisnosuchthingasnativeornon-nativespeaker.

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